Shloka 40
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
अथ दधीचस्तथैवाविमना: सुखदुःखसमो महायोगी आत्मानं समाधाय शरीरपरित्यागं चकार,यह सुनकर दधीचिके मनमें पूर्ववत् सोत्साह बना रहा, तनिक भी उदासी नहीं हुई। वे सुख और दु:खमें समान भाव रखनेवाले महान् योगी थे। उन्होंने आत्माको परमात्मामें लगाकर अपने शरीरका परित्याग कर दिया
atha dadhīcas tathaivāvimanaḥ sukhaduḥkha-samaḥ mahāyogī ātmānaṃ samādhāya śarīra-parityāgaṃ cakāra |
Then Dadhīca, remaining as he had been—untroubled and undepressed—performed the final act of renunciation. Equal-minded in pleasure and pain, that great yogin gathered his self into deep samādhi and, fixing his inner being in the Supreme Self, relinquished his body. The passage highlights steadfastness, inner freedom, and the ethical ideal of self-mastery even at the moment of death.
तास्त्वाष्ट उवाच क्व गमिष्यथास्यतां तावन्मया सह श्रेयो भविष्यन्तीति
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity and yogic composure: one who is steady amid pleasure and pain can gather the self in samādhi and meet death as a conscious act of renunciation rather than fear or despair.
Sage Dadhīca remains undepressed and resolute; as a perfected yogin he enters deep concentration and voluntarily relinquishes his body, presenting an ideal of serene, dharmic departure.